‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ said Alice. (She was very surprised, and for a minute she forgot how to speak good English.)
‘I shall be as tall as a house in a minute, she said. She tried to look down at her feet, and could only just see them. ‘Goodbye, feet!’ she called. ‘Who will put on your shoes now? Oh dear! What nonsense I’m talking!’
Just then her head hit the ceiling of the room. He was now about three meters high. Quickly, she took the little gold key from the table and hurried to the garden door. Poor Alice! She lay on the floor and looked into the garden with one eye. She could not even put her head through the door.
She began to cry again, and went on crying and crying. The tears ran down her face, and soon there was a large pool of water all around her on the floor. Suddenly she heard a voice, and she stopped crying to listen.
‘Oh, the Duchess, the Duchess! She’ll be so hungry! I’m late, and she’s waiting for me. Oh dear, oh dear!’
It was the White Rabbit again. He was hurrying down the long room, with some white gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other hand.
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